This document discusses language acquisition and learning. It defines language acquisition as the natural process of assimilating a language through interactions and immersion, without conscious learning. Children acquire their first language by interacting with adults and each other. Adults can acquire a second language, but may retain a foreign accent. Language learning refers to a more formal, classroom-based approach. Theories discussed include how humans developed language abilities over time and children acquire language in stages through social interactions, as explained by theorists like Vygotsky.

1. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHIE LETTERS AND SCIENCES OF THE
EDUCATION
CAREER PLURILINGUE
Subject: Didáctica
Topic: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Members:
 Miguel Arízala
 Mauricio Fiallos
 Estela Robalino
 Gabriela Ruiz

2. LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION
Ability of: getting speaking skills
incorporating
integration and assimilation’s concepts
•What is Language Acquisition, Theories, (2000) http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-
language-acquisition-theories-stages-quiz.html

3.  makes us humans
 bird songs
 it´s remarkable itself.
 Need make us talk
•Definition of language:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/language

5. Theories
Aquisiti
on
children
Primitive
man
Vigotsky, principales-teorias-del-desarrollo-del-lenguaje-sobre
http://www.ehowenespanol.com/principales-teorias-del-desarrollo-del-
lenguaje-sobre_459829/

6. THE LANGUAGE LEARNED BY
CHILDREN AND PASSED FROM ONE
GENERATION TO THE NEXT
ACCORDING TO THE BOOK ¨OXFORD
ADVANCED LEARNERS¨, MOTHER
TONGUE AND FIRST LANGUAGE BOTH
REFER TO THE LANGUAGE YOU ACQUIRE
AS A CHILD AND ARE MOST FLUENT IN.

7. A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN THE MOTHER TONGUE THAT A
PERSON OR COMMUNITY USES FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION,
HIGHER EDUCATION, AND ADMINISTRATION
A NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AND
ADOPTED IN A MULTILINGUAL COUNTRY AS A MEANS OF PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION.

8. HOW DO CHILDREN ACQUIRE
LANGUAGE?
Quickly, Easily, and
Without effort
orformal
teaching.
through interaction
Adults help them to
acquire language.
WHEN DO CHILDREN LEARN TO TALK?
in stages
sounds of crying

9. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
It's a process by which we learn to
speak, write, or even use sign
language in meaningful ways to
communicate

10. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN ADULTS
Adults who learned a second language can have fluent control
of grammar and communicative functions, but also a foreign
accent.
Expect that what they are learning will be immediately useful.
Adult language learners are goal oriented and direct their
learning to fulfill particular needs or demands.

12. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Language acquisition refers to the process of
natural assimilation, involving intuition and
subconscious learning.
It is the product of real interactions between people
in environments of the target language and culture,
where the learner is an active player.

13. LANGUAGE LEARNING
The concept of ¨language learning¨ is linked to the
traditional approach to the study of languages and today
is still generally practiced in high schools worldwide.
According to Krashen, students who are taught in a
formal, form-focussed way will “learn” the language but
never fully acquire it.

14. Experience as a group
1. Humans had have a long proces to develop
a language.
2. The evolution of vocal apparatus was thanks
to the sounds that the primitive man did ín
order to emit sounds.
3. Languages depend on the social environment
because children listen to their parents and people
around them, and they start to speak. (Vigotsky)
http://www.ehowenespanol.com/principales-teorias-del-desarrollo-del-
lenguaje-sobre_459829/